Steam-washer



(No Model.)

W. KLAHR.

STEAM WASHER. No. 411,224. Patented Sept. 17', 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

VILLIAM KLAHR, OF MYERSTOVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

STEAM-WASH ER.

0 SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,224, dated September 17, 1889. Application filed February 28, 1889. Serial No.i30l,539. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM KLAHR, of ll'lyerstowinin the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Steam-lVasher, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a steam-washer for clothes, wherein the parts shall be so constructed and arranged that the desired cleansing of theclothes maybebrought about with a minimum amount of labor, and wherein the washer shall be so constructed that it will withstand all ordinary wear and tear.

To the ends named the invention consists ot' the novel constructions, arrangements, and combinations of elements to be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim. i

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar iigures and letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved steam-washer. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional View taken on line oc of Fig. 1. Fig. El is an end view with the cover removed, and Fig. -1 is an end view of the cover.

In the drawings, 10 represents the washerbody, which is made of heavy sheet metal and strengthened about the top by a wire 11, the corners being braced and supported by brackets 12, that are riveted to the body. To the bottom of the washer-body I solder or otherwise connect a plate 13, which rests closely against the inner bottom 11 and prevents all wear of said main bottom incident to abrasion due to the moving of the washer-body upon any supporting-surface.

To each end of the body 10, `I secure ahandle 15, said handles consisting of wooden rollers that are centrally apertured to receive a supporting pin or rod 16, which pin or rod is supported at each end by brackets 17.

The cover 18 of the washer-body is formed with a downwardly-exi ending flange 19, made up of two thicknesses of metal, the flange being soldered or otherwise secured to the main body of the cover, there being a strengthening-Wire 2O above the iiange, the sheet metal of which the cover is composed being bent over the said wire. rlhe cover 1S is provided with handles 15, through which there are passed rods 16, which are supported by brackets 17. At one end of the cover I form an opening 1S, which is normally closed byaap 21, and to the ends of .the boiler-bod y I secure pockets 22. v

Upon the end walls of the boiler-body I mount bearings 23, which support. the trunnions of a cylinder 30, the end walls of said cylinder being formed with openings Z), while the peripheral wface of the cylinder-is made up of a series of corrugated-metal strips 25. This cylinder is formed with a cover 31, connected to the main body of the cylinder by hinges 32 and held to place by catches 33. To one of the cylinder-truunions I connect a crankarm 3l.

In operation, water is placed within the washer-body and the clothes to be cleansed are placed within the cylinder. Then as the water boils steam will pass 'upward through the clothes, and a few turns of the cylinder at intervals will bring about a thorough cleansing of such clothes, the corrugated plat-es 25 acting as the ribs of an ordinary wash-board as the cylinder is turned. Should the water boil so iierccly as to rise to the opening 18, any water passing out of said opening would be caught by the pocket 22 beneath the opening, the flap 21 acting as a safety-valve and serving to relieve the washer of any undue pressure.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a washingmachine, the combination, with the washer-body 10, provided with the pockets 22, of the cover 1S, provided with opening 18a, and the Iiap 21, hinged to the cover above the said opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM IILAHR.

vitnesses:

T. M. GAss, J. H. IMMEL. 

